Carrey, Lee to Be Honored at MTV Movie Awards

6/01/2006 6:43 AM Eastern

By: By Multi Channel News Staff

Jim Carrey and Spike Lee will receive special recognition at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, to be filmed at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, Calif., June 3 and to air on the network Thursday, June 8 at 9 p.m. (EST/PST).

Carrey will receive the “MTV Generation Award” for his “dynamic career and acting roles that have captured and entertained MTV audiences for years,” the network said. Tom Cruise was the first to receive the honor at last year's Movie Awards ceremony.

And Lee will receive the “Silver Bucket of Excellence Award” for “powerful and thought-provoking film” Do the Right Thing, MTV added.